Vietnam
The Vietnam War Punctures Any Remaining Myths About the Conflict
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick hold politicians (both D and R) accountable.
The Vietnam War Is the Key to Understanding Today's America: Q&A with Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Their 18-hour miniseries looks at one of the most divisive, painful, and poorly understood episodes in American history.
Muhammad Ali Was America's Most Effective Anti-War Advocate (And Still Is)
The Greatest put his life and career on the line and helped turn public sentiment against the Vietnam War.
China Reacts to U.S. Lifting of Arms Embargo Against Vietnam
U.S. continues "Asia pivot."
A Nixon Aide's Secret Archive
The man who revealed the White House taping system has some more revelations.
Donald Trump Uses Old Al Franken POW Joke About John McCain
Franken 15 years ago: "I don't buy the war hero thing. Anybody can be captured."
When Guns Are Outlawed, Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Will Build Some Wacky Boomsticks
If you ban it, they will come
I Avoided Fighting in Vietnam and Have No Regrets
If anything, avoiding that war was a moral duty.
What If Someone Crossed the Razor-Blades-in-Halloween-Candy Rumor with the Injecting-Babies-with-AIDS Rumor?
Decoding a Vietnamese urban legend
Vietnam Now Allows, But Does Not Officially Recognize, Same-Sex Marriage
The most permissive approach to gay unions in Southeast Asia
This Week's Culture War: Arguing About a Creedence Clearwater Revival Song
When the band plays "Fortunate Son," they point the cannon at...
Some Thoughts on Ferguson, Newark, State Violence, Insurrections, and Democracy
Whither the Republic?
The Lethal Legacy of US Intervention
The deadly consequences - and culpability - continue long after the last soldier leaves.
Hardhats for Peace, Students for War
The surprising shape of public opinion in the Vietnam era.
Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam War General, Dies at 102
Oversaw 1968 Tet offensive and several other victories over French and later American forces in Vietnam
NSA History: "Operation Minaret" Spied on MLK, Muhammad Ali, and Senator Frank Church and Howard Baker
Over Vietnam opposition--even the NSA acknowledged it was at least disreputable and probably illegal too
Vietnam Internet Crackdown Draws Objections
Users forbidden from sharing content, seen as a way of censoring information
What MLK Can Teach Obama About Needless Foreign Wars
King's opposition to the Vietnam War should be a lesson to Obama on Syria.
Father and Son Persuaded To Leave Jungle in Vietnam After Fleeing War Decades Ago
Now undergoing medical checks
US Criticizes Vietnam Censorship Law
New law, scheduled to come into effect next month, would ban sharing news stories online
The Myth of the Better War
The faulty history that lures Americans into foolish foreign interventions
Hardhats for Peace, College Kids for War
The surprising shape of public opinion in the Vietnam era.
CBS Apologizes for Portions of "Amazing Race" Episode in Vietnam
Included an event at a memorial that consisted of a downed U.S. bomber and learning a pro-Communist song
Congressional Award for Vietnamese-American Activist After Months in Communist Prison
Went to Vietnam to promote democracy
14 Bloggers in Vietnam Convicted of Subversion
Were connected with banned pro-democracy movements
4 Things You Need to Know About Secretary of State Nominee John Kerry
Don't let his reputation as a peacenik fool you. John Kerry is no anti-interventionist.
Vietnam Targets Dissident Blogs
The government isn't quite ready to sign on to the whole concept of public criticism
Forty Years Ago At the Democratic Convention: Democrats, War and Intervention
Democrats have been more rhetorically anti-war than actually so
America Helps Vietnam With Agent Orange Clean Up
It is the first time the US has been directly involved in such a clean up effort.
Vietnam Protests Grow as China Claims Sansha City
Tensions between Beijing and Hanoi have mounted in recent weeks over what China calls the South China Sea and Vietnam the East Sea.
